28.8% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Whitestone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Whitestone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of Mount Whitestone, where 28.8% of residents volunteer. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also shows a very high rate of people providing unpaid care and support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other similar areas. With 28.8% of people volunteering, the rate is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Mount Whitestone, with 21.2% of people providing care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 36.5% of residents caring for children unpaid, a rate far above the Australian average.
21.2% ▲ +35.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.5% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national average and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Mount Whitestone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32038/mount-whitestone/topic/community